Santo Domingo Province

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Santo Domingo
Flag Coat of Arm
Location
Map of Domincan Republic, Santo Domingo is indicated
Information
Country Flag of the Dominican Republic Dominican Republic
Establishment date 2001
Capital city
 • Population
 • Coordinates		 Santo Domingo Este
787,129
18° 29′ S 69° 54′ O
Area
 • Total
 • % of the country		 Ranked 16th
1,296.35 km²
2.7%
Population
 • Total
 • % of the country
 • Density		 Ranked 2th
1,817,754 (2008)
21.2%
1,402.2 inhab./km²
Time zone UTC-4
ISO 3166-2 DO-32
Politics and administration
Members in
Congress
 1 Senator
36 Deputies
Municipalities
Municipal Districts		 7
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Provinces of the Dominican Republic


Santo Domingo is a province of the Dominican Republic. It was split from the Distrito Nacional on October 16, 2001.[1]

[edit] Municipalities and municipal districts

As of June 20, 2006, the province is divided into the following municipalities (municipios) and municipal districts (distrito municipal - D. M.) within them:[2]


The following is a sortable table of the municipalities and municipal districts with population figures as of the 2002 census. Urban population are those living in the seats (cabeceras literally heads) of municipalities or of municipal districts. Rural population are those living in the districts (Secciones literally sections) and neighborhoods (Parajes literally places) outside of them.[3]

Name Total population Urban population Rural population
Los Alcarrizos &0000000000199611.000000199,611 &0000000000166930.000000166,930 &0000000000032681.00000032,681
Boca Chica &0000000000099508.00000099,508 &0000000000046385.00000046,385 &0000000000053123.00000053,123
Pedro Brand &0000000000047199.00000047,199 &0000000000022695.00000022,695 &0000000000024504.00000024,504
San Antonio de Guerra &0000000000034553.00000034,553 &0000000000011553.00000011,553 &0000000000023000.00000023,000
Santo Domingo Este &0000000000787129.000000787,129 &0000000000480749.000000480,749 &0000000000306380.000000306,380
Santo Domingo Norte &0000000000321178.000000321,178 &0000000000266987.000000266,987 &0000000000054191.00000054,191
La Victoria (D.M.) &0000000000047664.00000047,664 &0000000000013112.00000013,112 &0000000000034552.00000034,552
Santo Domingo Oeste &0000000000280912.000000280,912 &0000000000226310.000000226,310 &0000000000054602.00000054,602
Santo Domingo province &0000000001817754.0000001,817,754 &0000000001234721.0000001,234,721 &0000000000583033.000000583,033

For comparison with the municipalities and municipal districts of other provinces see the list of municipalities and municipal districts of the Dominican Republic.


[edit] References

  1. ^ EL CONGRESO NACIONAL. Ley No. 163-01 que crea la provincia de Santo Domingo, y modifica los Artículos 1 y 2 de la Ley No. 5220, sobre División Territorial de la República Dominicana. (Spanish). Retrieved on 2007-03-08.
  2. ^ Oficina Nacional de Estadistica, Departamento de Cartografia, Division de Limites y Linderos. Listado de Codigos de Provincias, Municipio y Distritos Municipales, Actualizada a Junio 20 del 2006 (Spanish). Retrieved on 2007-01-24.
  3. ^ Oficina Nacional de Estadística. VIII Censo 2002 Poplación y Vivienda (PDF) (Spanish). Retrieved on 2007-01-24.

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